Method of making lace hair-nets.



SAENGER. METHOD OF MAKING LACE HAIR NETS.

APPL CATION FILED NOV-14,1918.

Patented. Apr. 15 1919.

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METHOD OF MAKING LACE HAIKNETS.

Specification of Letters Patent. Pa,tente 1 Apr, 15, 1919 Applicationfiled November 14, 1918. Serial No. 262,482.

To all whom it may concern: 1

Be it known that I, RUnoLr SAENGER, a citizen of Germany, and a-residentof the cityof New York, borough of-Manhatt-an, in the .county and Stateof New York, have invented anew and Improved Method of Making LaceHair-Nets, of which the following is a full, clear, and exactdescription.

This invention relates to the process or method of making in a rapid,uniform, cheap, and efficient manner ladies lace hair nets, and hasparticular reference'to that type of nets characterized by the use of anelastic cord laced into the rim or edge of the net and having theinherent quality of puckering or gathering that portion of the net so asto hold it automatically around the head.

In the manufacture of hair nets as ordinarily practised the lace iswoven in long pieces and of suflicient width to comprise a considerablenumber of net strips, the strips being attached removably 0r separablydur ing the weaving of the piece, by the introduction of a draw-threadinto the adjacent selvages of each to adjacent net strips. Next theentire piece is cut trans versely int'o lengths for example twenty-twoinches in length, such length being a sug gested length of net strip fora single net, and then the draw-threads are removed by the operatorthereby separating all of the net strips or units fromcne another. Theoperator then treating each net unit separately next ties a simple knotor half stitch in each end or raw edge of the net unit, and finally bythe use of a bodkin or the like laces or threads an elastic'cord ofabout twenty-two inches in length along both exposed selvages, as forexample from one knot along one selvage past the opposite knot, andthence back along the other selvage to thestarting point. Since theelastic cord employed is of a lengh approximating that of both selvagesit follows that the introductionof the cord and fastening the endsthereof together by knotting or otherwise, the selvage portions of thenet are gathered or puckered so as to reducethe length thereof by onehalf and thereby the net as a whole is formed into bag shape and readyfor use. This old process obviously is tedious and slow, andconsequently. very expensive.

In the practice of my invention I am able to manufacture a large numberof hairnets at the same. time or in a series as distinguished fromseparate or individual net procedure. Consequently the operation isfacilitated many fold and the finished product is neater and moresatisfactory in other re spects than the nets heretofore made.

In the further specific description of my improved method reference isto be had to the accompanying drawings in which like referencecharacters refer to similar parts in the several views, and of which iFigure 1 is a fragmentary plan view of a piece of lace involving aplurality. of net strips, and indicating various steps or substeps of myprocess.

Fig. 2 is an enlarged detail view indicating the means for attachingadjacent selvage edges of adjacent net strips together separabl'y,and-indicating also the elastic cords woven therein.

Fig. 3 shows a short portion of a net strip, and indicates succeedingsteps in the treatment thereof; and p Fig. ,4 is a diagrammaticrepresentation of a finished net.

Referring now more specifically to the I drawings, Fig. -1 of whichindicates .a piece -of lace broken longitudinally as well astransversely to conserve space and to represent .the general characterof the piece as .a whole, I weave or manufacture the piece of lace so asto include a plurality of parallel net strips 10. of any suitablelength, but the width of each strip as heretofore corresponds to thewidth of. the net produced. In other thread 11. In addition tothisdraw-thread along the meeting selvages I introduce an In the nextstep of my method I lay or stretch a piece of the woven lace of anysuitable length upon a long bench or table thereby laying the piecesubstantially flat and with the net strips 10 having a relation to oneanother somewhat as indicated in Fig. 1 so that they shall be easilydistinguished from one another, and with the draw-threads and elasticcords plainly dis- I the piece and the ends of the elastic cords are.an-

.chored as by means of pins 13. It is to be understood that up to thismoment the cords 12 are not stretched beyond their normal length. lViththe piece, so laid out and fastened on the bench or table the oppositeor free ends of the cords 12 are drawn out or stretched to double theirnormal length as indicated at 12.

rapid and easy, and the stretching of the of lace or other purposes.

This operation is both cords is not materially resisted by the contactwith the other portions of the lace since the cords may be drawn freelylengthwise thereof. Witlr the cords thus put 'under stretch they arethen fastened by means of pins 14, or their equivalent, at the end ofthe lace remote from the pins 13, and the free halves of the cords arecut off and saved.

and subsequently used-for the manufacture I The status as thus fardescribed isnow represented at the middle portion of Fig. 1, the pieceof'lace except for the stretched cords 12 being in the form in which itis placed or stretched upon-the bench. The fastening of the elasticcords 12 by means of the pins 13 and 14 serves to hold the laceas awhole steady in flat position on the bench for the operation of the nextsteps.

' I next separate adjacent net strips by withdrawing the draw-threads 11as shown by the arrow 11;

I next release the anchorage or fasteners 13 and 14 and treat each netstrip with the stretched cords 12 along its selvages as a andfurthermore since the separate unit, and'for the convenience in thefurther handling thereof such unit may be wound upon a roll or spool,the cords 12 for this purpose being collapsed with the lace between themtoward each other forming a relatively slender rope or body of fabric.It. will be understood that from the nature of the method of stretchingthe elastic cords described above and shown at the left side of Fig. 1all of that portion of each cord from one end of the lace to the otherwill be uniformly stretched or tensioned, cords are stretched to doubletheir length the effect of the elastic cords on the finished net will beessentially the same as'al'ready described in connection with the oldprocess.

In thenext step of the process the net strip unit or rope as it might becalled while in its stretched condition has applied to it at lengths ofabout twenty-two inches two beads,'buttons, metal fasteners. or thelike,

indicated at 15 throughout the length of the strip or rope. These.fastening devices of whatever form are placed directly '&I'011I1d theentirexmass or rope of lace so as to not lar somewhat to sheet shoe lacetip. Suflice it to say,

only surround the lace, but to positively grip the cords firmly togetherat the points so embraced. In my practice I employ for th1s purpose anystandard or well known metal tipping machine, the tips beingsimiirrespective .of the nature of the tips 15 or the means for applyingthem, they consti-' tute devices for positively holding the two cords 12together and with the intermediate portion of the lace likewiselocked inplace;

After the tips 15 are applied 'in twos closely act is simply to severtoeach other: the final the net units fromieach. other by clipping thefabric between each two tips'15, and thereby the finished nets asindicated in Fig. 4 are produced in complete form. In this connection itis to be "noted that each tip 15 serves not only to fasten the 'ends ofthe elastic cords together, b i-ti galso takes the place of .thehalfhitches or knots employed in the old process.- Obviously in the practicsof this invention machinery may be employed to good advantage not onlyin the making of the lace andthe weaving of the elastic cordstherein-while the woven, but also in 'the application of the metal tipsthat are the ordinary.

lace is being.

tips 15 in a uniform manner to the net strip or rope. Consequently theoperation is a very rapid one. :I wish it to be distinctly understood,however, that while I preferably employ machinery. for practically allof the work except the I threads 11, my. process contemplates the makingof the hair nets in essentially the way that I have herein set forth,even though any or all of the steps may be carried out bv hand means. v

I claim: '1 1. The herein described method of making lace hair netscomprising essentially the following steps: (1) making a strip of laceof the desired Width for a net and including along its selvageselasticcords; (2) drawing out the elastic cords to double their length: leavingthe stretched portions of the cords inlthe strip from one end of thestrip-to the other; 3) fasteningthe ends of the lace strip to the cordsand then treating the strip as a long string or rope with the cordscollapsed close together with the lace between them; (4) applyingpositive fastening devices around the string or rope as described hereinin closely related twos with sufficient fabric between each two toproducea single net, and (5) severing the fabric between each twofastening devices.

2. The. herein described method of making lace hair nets comprising: (1)the manufacture of a piece of lace of any desiredlength and including aplurality of net drawing of the I strips arranged cage to edge andseparabiy connected, therebeing introduced along the selvages of eachstrip hiring the limiting of the lace elastic cords; (2) fastening allcf the ends of the cords at one end off the piece and Withdrawing theopposite ends of the cords from the opposite end of the piece therebyputtin the remaining ortions cf the cords in t e .lace under suitableten.-

tances between pairs around-the string or rope of fabric in stretchedcondition thereby binding the cerds'and other portions 'ofthelace-between them firmiy'aad "permanently togethelg'and (6) severingthe fabric throughout its length between the fastenei's of each pair. v

3. The herein "described piece of lace fabric comprising the combinationwith means thereto.

parallel strips and means to. attach adja vcent edges of adjacent stripstcgether, of a along the a meeting edge ofadjacent strips, one cord'of.

pair of elastic ccrds extending each pair pertaining only to the edge ofone strip independent ofthe cthercord of the same pair.

4. In a forth, the combination with adjacent parallel strips of materialha i removable means separably attaching adgacentnstrips to each other,of pairs of eiastic'ccrds extending parallel to each other along 634.

meeting edge of adjacent strigs and con-..

stituting permanent pants of the meeting edges of the several strips,after as well as before being separated. 5 l

' 5. The Therein flescribed hair net ccmpris inga rectangular piece cflace having side selvage edges and endraw eflg'es, elasticmeamsextending along the seivage cages,

and means embracing theraw end edges of the lace and locking the endscfthe elastic RUDDLF SAENGERQ of fabric the set

